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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
1
Readable fragments show agricultural prices for corn oats and wheat, local marriage and obituary notes, school and church activities, two town mergers, and community events from Elmwood Brimfield and nearby areas. Notable items include farm yields, local trades, and a county Legion picnic with a band concert.
Funeral services for Mr Kneer were conducted at Gauss Mortuary on Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev W T Smith officiating. Kneer, a longtime Peoria resident, was remembered for kindness and public spirit. Surviving are his wife Della Brown and son Albert along with grandchildren and many relatives. Interment followed at Springdale Cemetery. Local attendees from Brimfield included several Bragg and Moore family members.
Frank B Rein hart 62 of 108 Kickapoo terrace Peoria died from coronary thrombosis. Funeral services were held at Boland Mortuary and Sacred Heart Church. Survived by Emma. two sons Harold and Rolland. two daughters Bernice and Helen. brothers Henry of Brimfield and Leo of Scranton Iowa. Born Brimfield July 4 1882 and married April 24 1906. Local coroner investigation confirmed cause.
Margaret Watson 81, of Brimfield, died after a monthlong hospitalization in Elm Haven Hospital Elmwood following a stroke on June 21. Born Aug 1 1860 to William and Catherine Watson in Brimfield, she lived at the Eliaton Street home her entire life. Survived by memory of parents and siblings, funeral June 23 at 2 pm conducted by Rev T C Hargreaves. Burial in Watson plot Brimfield Cemetery.
The following business places will be closed Thursday afternoons until further notice. Carson's Gash Market Momile's Home Store Tohnson's hardware store Zern's Drag Store The Brimfield News Office Lucky's Super Market Dapgan Lumber Go.
Laura residents and relatives, including Albert Noland and Wintress Webster, enjoy time at family homes in Iowa and Tingly, while others such as Sgt Carl Fauth and Maj Chester Kunts are noted in travel and visits. Funeral services for Dean White draw regional attendance from Laura and nearby communities.
French Grove residents and neighbors share visits and trips with family in Bloomington Neosho and Peoria. Paul Shaffer departs for Washington DC to work in the Pentagon. Clipping bureaus selling local newspaper clippings for profit are warned against. postal inspectors may prosecute.
Miss Earline Huber and S Sgt Blood Windish were married at Hale Memorial Church in a small ceremony on June 16. Attendants were Miss Mildred Wolf and Roy Windish. The bride, from Elmwood, wore blue crepe with sweetheart roses. the groom has been stationed in Iceland and is now at Fort Knox. The couple plans a brief wedding trip to Chicago before returning to duties.
Nine year old Harry Dean White, son of Sanford and Helen Miller White, was killed instantly Friday afternoon when his bicycle collided with A L Terry’s car on Missouri State Highway 90 near Laura. Born February 17, 1936, he attended Laura grade school and is survived by his parents and a sister Joyce. The body was taken to Trethaway Funeral Home, Princeville, with coroner William B. Elliott holding services pending.
The Shane reunion will be held on Sunday July 15 at the grade school grounds in Brimfeld. A basket dinner is planned at noon. All Shanes and their kasfolk are invited to attend.
Brimfield Brimfield township posts a special election notice by clerk A Judson Harding. Voters will decide on issuing a road bond of 50006 dollars. Polls open 6 am to 5 pm. Notice filed June 23 after a petition by 25 legal voters.
In a simple ceremony on Wednesday evening June 13, Mras Joan Heiken cadet nurse daughter of Mr and Mrs Menno Geiken Elm wood became the bride of Pvt Alvin Burna son of Mr and Mrs F W Burns Monica The Rev Lee B Smith officiated at an altar of spring flowers at the Presbyterian church here. Joseph Plask received a telegram from Cottonwood Minn that his niece Lena Dahl daughter of George Koch Sr and Susie Plack Rock died Saturday morning June 23 The aerial was held in Cottonwood Mr and Mrs Ralph Hall 304 North Street Peoria announce the arrival of a son named Steven Alien
Mrs Bart Butler of Chillicothe Missouri visits her sister Mrs W E Marshall. John Babclack E M on leave from Pacific duties spends time at his parents home. Walter Ewart of Kewanee and Miss Leah Fellows of Prophetstown dine with the C M Travia family. Funeral services for the late Frank Reinhart drew Mesara and Meadames Henry Rein bark Alien Reinhart, Mr Reinhart Fred Dawson, Ben German, Leo Scheikopf and Mr O Tosh.
Public notice states that all manure piles and garbage piles will be removed at once from all property within the Village of Brimfield by order of the Board of Health. The directive aims to address sanitation concerns and enforce compliance across the village.
Mr and Mrs Fred Dawson and Jerry Tosh visited Sunday at Atkinson with the families of Wm. Dawson and Orval Stram. Tosh joined the Brintfield Equestrian club. Tiny appears on his steed and well wishes for many pleasant miles. Father’s day was celebrated at Roy Cecil home on June 24 with Andrew and Keith Cecil and Nyal attending. Roy hopes for 50 more such gatherings if he lives that long.
In the Philippines Bill May a ship's cook second class USNR whose wife Eloise Savage lives in Brimfield commands the galley of his 7th Fleet PT boat squadron. After 14 months in the Pacific he has taken part in 30 combat patrols including battles of Surigao Strait and Leyte Gulf. May enlisted in September 1942 at Great Lakes training, volunteered for PT duty, and earlier worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Peoria.
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